Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
May 6, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1973 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Red Sox 3, Minnesota Twins 10

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 5 1 2 0
Aparicio ss 5 1 1 0
Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 2 0
Smith cf 3 0 1 1
Cepeda dh 4 0 1 0
Fisk c 3 0 1 0
Oglivie rf 4 1 1 0
Griffin 2b 3 0 0 0
Kennedy 3b 3 0 1 1
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Hisle cf 5 2 2 1
Carew 2b 5 2 3 1
Killebrew 1b 4 1 2 1
  Lis 1b 1 1 1 1
Oliva dh 3 1 0 0
Darwin rf 4 2 1 2
Braun 3b 4 0 1 0
Thompson ss 4 0 1 2
Roof c 3 0 1 0
Holt lf 4 1 2 0
Hands p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 14 8
Boston 200 100 0003103
Minnesota 021 042 01x10142
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  L (3-3) 4.1 7 7 6 4 2
  McGlothen   3.2 7 3 2 1 3
Totals
8.0
14
10
8
5
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Hands  W (3-2) 9.0 10 3 2 5 4
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
5
4

  E–Harper (1), Aparicio (5), Smith (2), Hisle (3), Hands (1).  DP–Boston 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–Boston Yastrzemski 2 (5,off Hands 2), Minnesota Holt (3,off Tiant); Thompson (3,off McGlothen); Hisle (4,off McGlothen).  3B–Minnesota Carew (2,off Tiant).  HR–Minnesota Darwin (3,2nd inning off Tiant 1 on, 0 out); Hisle (5,5th inning off Tiant 0 on, 0 out); Lis (1,8th inning off McGlothen 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Griffin (5,off Hands).  IBB–Oliva (2,by Tiant).  IBB–Tiant (2,Oliva).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:42.  A–7,431.
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